Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed believes it is time for Canadian carriers to look into reducing smartphone subsidies, he said at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto, reports The Globe and Mail: Mr. Mohamed said Rogers is the first in Canada to tackle the subsidy issue, because of its position as the industry’s market leader....
Snapguide has released an update today to allow for sharing of guides straight to Pinterest. We did a full video review of Snapguide a while back, the app that allows anyone to make incredibly easy 'how-to' guides from their iPhone: Great news, we’ve updated our app and it’s now super easy to share guides straight...
Klout has released their official iPhone app for download. For those that care, a user's Klout score is your social media 'influence' based on the activity of your social media accounts. Some people take it seriously and consider it the standard to see how they stand in the social media world. Others balk at Klout,...
Earlier this morning Apple announced the dates for WWDC 2012 for June 11-15. Tickets sold out in under two hours! The only hope to get a ticket now is if you're a student developer. How? Apple this year has introduced WWDC Student Scholarships for those 13 and older, and are at least part-time students. If...
Earlier this morning Apple sent out a press release to announce the dates of WWDC 2012, to take place on June 11-15 in San Francisco. Apple's WWDC website notes "It's the week we've all been waiting for." Here's some info from their press release: “We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait...
Rogers has announced their 2012 Q1 earnings today and its wireless division was driven once again by smartphone sales (second highest quarter of smartphone activations), with iPhone activations up by 35% compared to the year ago quarter. Postpaid wireless subscribers increased by 47,000. Data revenue now made up 39% of wireless network revenue: Wireless data...
Apple has just released their 2012 Q2 earnings, and they are huge as expected, with a year over year net profit increase of 94%: CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6...
Update 1: Google Drive is now live. Check it out here https://drive.google.com Here's a video overview of Google Drive, as announced on Google's blog: With Google Drive, you can: Create and collaborate. Google Docs is built right into Google Drive, so you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Once you choose...
On Tuesday afternoon (2pm PT) Apple is set to announce its 2012 Q2 earnings and rival Samsung is set to do the same this Friday. Both companies are expected to report record jumps in net earnings, notes the WSJ: The two companies were the only major smartphone makers to gain share in the fourth quarter....
Facebook today released an updated amendment to its S-1 document for its upcoming IPO filing and within it we learn the social network now has over 500 million monthly active users, either via their official apps or mobile sites. There are currently 901 million monthly active users in total. Also within the S1, we discover...
Dropbox has announced today on their blog the new ability for users to share and send a link to their files and folders: Anyone with the link gets access to a snazzy page where they can view (but not edit) your stuff. Our gallery pages give your photos, videos, and even docs the gorgeous, full-browser...
About a month ago we told you the Toronto-based Capybara Games had their iOS game Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP was nominated for Game of the Year at the 2012 Canadian Video Game Awards. The announcement of winners took place this Saturday at Fan Expo Vancouver, with Capybara taking home 5 wins out of the...
